#Trying to be reliably sub 20 (then sub 15...)

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Here's my first scramble that I did my recon on: L U2 L2 F L2 B U2 L2 U2 R2 B' D2 R B' F2 U' F2 R2 B F2

z2 // inspection
D' R' F' D L2 D'  // White cross (6)
y' R' U2 R U' R' U R  // 1st pair (8)
U' R U2 R' U R U' R' // 2nd pair (8)
U2 L' U' L U L' U2 L U2 F' L F L'  // 3rd pair (13)
U2 U' L U L' U f' L' f // 4th pair (9)
U  F R U' R' U' R U R' F' / // OLL
U2 R2 U R' U R' U' R U' R2 D U' R' U R D' U  // PLL - Ga




70STM  / 19.56sec =3.58TPS 

view at CubeDB.net

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Third video: F2 D F R U2 D2 F' D' B R2 U2 F D2 L2 F' R2 B2 D2 B2 D2 (17.39)

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ignore what i said at the end lmao i was trying to get one as close to my average as possible

sweet olive
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3rd pair you should rotate so the back unsolved slot comes in front. the solution would be y' U2 R U2 R' U' R U R' however there is also a rotationless solution that looks like U' F (sexy) R U2 R' F'

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last pair was fine but you did unnecessary U moves so make sure you know where the corner piece has to go before you do the solution

past kite
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From all the solves i have seen, i realised that you do't try to look ahead, but the good thing is that you have minimal cube rotations, so try to look ahead more often. I would suggest that you try to practice to inspect longer and make sure u find the next pair while doning the current pair.

past kite
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and doing*

sweet olive
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you can just edit the message....like this

past kite
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idk

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lazy

subtle night
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I would suggest practicing algs faster

echo swift
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I see thanks!! I'll get to the other recons tonight CubeHeadYOO

past kite
echo swift
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Oh no I inspected before starting the video

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I just wanted to verify my solution one more time before I started xD

past kite
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oh ok

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Plus try to make sure dont pause too much, you can actually be faster if you dont pause too much

echo swift
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Wouldn't that be lookahead?

sweet olive
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yeah Which you technically shouldn't worry about

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should be focusing on efficiency

past kite
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yap

echo swift
lilac kernel
echo swift
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@muted drift :p

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We got carried away chatting 😂

muted drift
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Sorry I’m still super busy today. I’ll try to have a look but if not then hopefully tmw

echo swift
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sure np mannn

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im just hoping ull look cuz u give q good reviews hehe

muted drift
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Ye I def will do, it’s just that I have a lot going on this week lol

echo swift
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nppp

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i should get on that recon xD

sweet olive
muted drift
# echo swift Here's my first scramble that I did my recon on: L U2 L2 F L2 B U2 L2 U2 R2 B' D...
  • for cross: z2 D' R' F' U B2 would be better since its 1 move less, your solution was also ok tho

  • In terms of first pair, RG would be better since its a free pair (3 move insert). For the pair you did

  • for 3rd pair just rotate and do the RU solution instead of your solution.

  • 4th pair, there's a rotationless solution being: U L F' L F L' U L' but i think your solution wasfine

  • your execution for that RB pair seemed a bit locky and you also had a pause halfway through. At sub 20 and especially sub 15 you want to be confident in your solutions such that you can execute the whole thing in one fluid movement as if its an alg.

  • one thing that can help you for pll recognition is the idea of anti headlights. Basically if you have headlights on one side, you have anti headlights (opposite edges headlights). This can help you with pre auf

muted drift
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on that last point i believe speedcubedb has a vid on 2 sided recognitino which may explain this better

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Ohhh thanks lemme go thru that alter again

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That'd really helpful

echo swift
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I'll go take a look at the 2 look pll video

echo swift
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2 sided I mean

sweet olive
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@echo swift you never reconned the other solves 👀

echo swift
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I'm busy irl

sweet olive
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ok

midnight anvil
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Very fast and unaccurate turning

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So like fast and unaccurate

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So locky solving

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Also you tend to regrip unnecessarily for some F2L cases

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:p thanks

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hehe

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my turning is inaccurate xD

midnight anvil
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Img I just realised sorry

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I sent this to the wrong person haha

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Sorry

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Your turning is actually very nice

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A few things you could work on

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But very solid

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You have a steady tps which you will be able to use when you get to a faster level where you will be able to effectively start using lookahead

echo swift
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oof lmao HAHAH

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ok thanksss

echo swift
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@midnight anvil actually what should I work on too?

midnight anvil
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I’ll have a look in a moment

midnight anvil
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My main thing is your efficency

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Also on your second solve I think you should have done BL pair which was an easy pair to see and would have been better for your solve

echo swift
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i see

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efficiency... hmmm...

midnight anvil
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Efficency is always the goal

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If you have consistent tps and lookahead, more efficent solutions will always be faster

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If you have a 5 tps solve for a 50 move solve

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The time will be 10

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But compare that to a 70 move solve

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It would be 14

echo swift
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fair enough

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im not sure how to make it better tho

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should i be looking at f2l solutions on cubedb to optimise my f2l solutions?

midnight anvil
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Look at F2L YouTube video solutions

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I reccomend learning it from YouTube not an alg sheet because you really learn and understand the solution from a video

echo swift
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i see

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would jperm's video tutorials help?

midnight anvil
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Brody the cubers videos are great

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But also asking around for F2L solutions for hard cases, is great

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But try and ask people you know have good solutions

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oki thanks :DD